October 17, 2003

Academics Help Liberals Win Ontario

By KAREN BIRCHARD

Voters in Ontario handed the ruling Conservatives a thumping defeat this month by replacing them with the opposition Liberals, led by Dalton McGuinty, who promised a tuition freeze for postsecondary students, 50,000 new college and university places, faculty positions to accommodate the expansion, and improved student aid. The Liberals took 72 out of 103 seats in the provincial legislature.

The vote prompted optimism in higher education that the changes would soon be made. The promised

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